Definition of saint

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Saint (n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God..

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Legend :: Legend (n.) That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses..
Crispin :: Crispin (n.) A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft.
Sanctity :: Sanctity (n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
Patron :: Patron (n.) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
Latter-day Saint :: Latter-day saint () A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.
Eminent :: Eminent (a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint..
Sanctimonious :: Sanctimonious (a.) Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
Halwe :: Halwe (n.) A saint.
Sanctimonious :: Sanctimonious (a.) Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.
Passionary :: Passionary (n.) A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs.
Helena :: Helena (n.) See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint..
Hagiographa :: Hagiographa (n. pl.) The lives of the saints.
Saintism :: Saintism (n.) The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness..
Saintish :: Saintish (a.) Somewhat saintlike; -- used ironically.
Socialism :: Socialism (n.) A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism..
All Saints' :: All Saints' () The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival..
Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..
Sainting :: Sainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sain.
Hallowmas :: Hallowmas (n.) The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows..
Saintlike :: Saintlike (a.) Resembling a saint; suiting a saint; becoming a saint; saintly.
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